Furniture-rack.



m. 688,837. Patented Dec. 7. 190|.

F. T. nmKsEN.

FURNITURE RACK.

(Application filed Apr. 1, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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`UNITED STATES PATENT Urmel-3.

FRANK T. DIRKSEN, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

FU RNITU REMRACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,837, dated December 17, 1901.

Application filed April l, 1901. Serial No. 53,799. (No model.) Y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK T. DIRKSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture Racks, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my said invention.

My invention relates to furniture-racks such as are used for displaying furniture in stores or warehouses, and is particularly applicable to the display of extension-tables and chairs.

The purposes of my invention are to provide a furniture-rack so constructed and arranged that articles of furniture may be supported thereon without contacting with each other and maybe conveniently placed thereon or removed therefrom without danger of marring same.

Prior to my invention it has been the common practice to display extension-tables by setting one table on top of another, letting the feet of the upper table rest on blocks or pads on top of the under table; but this practice is found Very objectionable on account of the great danger of scratching the lower table in placing the upper table thereon, also on account of the deadening of the finish of the top of the under table .where the blocks or pads rest thereon, and it is one of the principal purposes of my invention to overcome this objection.

With these ends in view my invention consists of the novel features of construction and combinations of parts shown in the annexed drawings, to which reference is hereby made, and hereinafter particularly described and finally recited in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference-letters designate like parts in all of the views, Figure l is a front elevation of the furniture-rack. Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively a top plan and end elevation of same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged partial horizontal longitudinal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged partial vertical longitudinal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings I have shown a rack having two sections, as that is suiicient to clearly disclose my invention; but a greater or lessV number of sections may be used without departing from my invention.

Vertical posts A are connected by crosspieces A', which are preferably downwardly inclined, as shown, and may be secured to the posts in any suitable manner. Longitudinal rails A2 at front and rear lie on top of the posts A, and an intermediate longitudinal rail A2 lies on top of the cross-pieces A'. The distance between the front rail A2 and the intermediate rail A3 is such that chairs may be placed on top of the rack with the front feet of the chairs resting on the front rail and the rear feet of the chairs resting on the intermediate rail. Where the length of the furniture-rack is greater than the convenient length of a single rail A2, a number of rails A2 and A2 may be joined by lap-joints@3 and secured together by bolts at, so as to form continuous rails of the required length. Pins a at the upper ends of the posts A and on the cross-pieces A t in holes a in the rails A2 and A3. The pins a, fitting in the holes a', serve to permit the setting of the posts A and the bars B, supported thereon, at different distances from each other, so as to accommodate tables of different widths, as hereinafter explained. Two pairs of bars B are supportedon each pair of posts A by means of brackets D and bolts E. The bolts E extend through the bars, the brackets, and the posts, and connect all together, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. Rollers F are mounted to turn between each pair of bars B. I preferably employ three rollers between eachpair of bars; but any other suitable and convenient number may be used without departing from my invention.

The height of the bars B above the lower ends of the posts A is such that tables supported on the rollers F will be at such height above the floor on which the furniture-rack stands that other tables may stand on the floor under the supported tables without the feet of the upper tables touching the tops of the lower tables.

In practical use the sections of the rack are set at such distances apart as will best accommodate the tables to be displayed thereon. The tables are then placed with the lower edges of the table-tops resting on the rollers. The tables may then be slid in and out on the IOO rollers at pleasure without the feet of the supported table rubbing on or marring the tops of the underlying tables.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a furniture-rack, the combination of vertical posts, rails connecting said posts, brackets on said posts, parallel bars contiguous to said posts, rollers mounted to turn be tween said bars, and bolts passing through and connecting said bars, brackets and posts, as set forthi 2. In afurniture-rack, the combination of horizontal top rails pierced by holes, vertical 15 posts having pins fitting in the holes in said rails, parallel horizontal transverse bars conneeted with said posts and rollers mounted to turn between said bars, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subzo scribed my naine at Springield, Illinois, this 31st day of January, 1901.

FRANK T. DIRKSEN.

Witnesses:

ANNIE A. DAY, ROBERT H. DooLI'NG. 

